Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 16:03:40 -0500 (EST) From: Spike <spork@ix.netcom.com> To: "Brian W. Buchanan" <brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Increasing the pty limit Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902011602500.367-100000@nyc-ny71-39.ix.netcom.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902010843050.480-100000@smarter.than.nu>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Brian W. Buchanan wrote: > On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > On Sunday, 31 January 1999 at 22:24:45 -0800, Brian W. Buchanan wrote: > > > I like to open lots of xterms, but I've found that once I have 16 ptys in > > > use, I can't spawn any more. I've rebuilt my kernel with: > > > > > > pseudo-device pty 32 > > > > > > And I know I have enough pty device entries in /dev, but I still run into > > > the 16-pty limit. > > > > How do you know you're running into the 16 pty limit? What's the > > message? What are the names of your second group of 16 ptys? > > Further testing has shown this to be a kvt bug. There's still some > problem with man reporting 'cannot fork', but it's not easily > reproduceable. Before upping my number of process limit in /etc/lgin.conf I would see "cannot fork" messages. What user class are you in, and what are the settings in /etc/login.conf? > > -- > Brian Buchanan brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org > > daemon(n): 1. an attendant power or spirit : GENIUS > 2. the cute little mascot of the FreeBSD operating system > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -Spike Gronim sporkl@ix.netcom.com The majority only rules those who let them. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNrYWsJ31G6IEwnwxAQHA+gQArrhjXT0geuivLLyqBKcW5lzocDaWF4Kg lpnckfFB4ZObOvTGaWrJroW93CYZXnUf6ZZ5PJguvo2n59in3drKFe/jB5OhJ6hH sZ9aS/qEonq2eHvIPREJuQMKAm/rYjwanzhbpDEHYoupDujL7nfU5stn/mfwaJ66 p1MJQidPOgE= =34oq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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